A Tale of Two Cities
catcrave.com 6/29/2009 — Now that Peppers has signed his franchise tender, further questions or criticism no longer hold any water. Some media analysts have posited that Pep may not be received well in the locker room. Really? He is a superstar. Period. End of story. Last year Steve Smith decked a fellow ...

Peppers Now Talking About Staying Long Term w/ Panthers
nflgridirongab.com 6/27/2009 — The Panthers got some good news this week when franchise player Julius Peppers signed his franchise tender, keeping him in Carolina for at least one more season. Peppers will be a very rich man this year, as by signing the tender he can make up to $19.183 million this season. Now though ...

Panther Paw Prints: Peppers Signing Edition
catscratchreader.com 6/26/2009 —   This edition of Paw Prints leads off with an NFL.com piece that digs into the Julius Peppers signing and potential long term deal that might be brewing. NFL.com Blogs " Blog Archive Julius Peppers and franchise-tag economics " Carolina GM Marty Hurney told the team’s website ...

Peppers, Panthers set to do the same dance in 2010
scoresreport.com 7/15/2009 — According to a report by the Charlotte Observer , the Carolina Panthers and defensive end Julius Peppers are setting themselves up for dilemma in 2010 similar to the one they just went through this offseason. The deadline for a team to sign a franchise player to a long-term contract ends ...

Peppers = Phony
panthersgab.com 6/29/2009 — Wow. The Gaston Gazette is not taking a light stance when it comes to the about face that Julius Peppers made when he quickly said he would have no issues with coming to a long-term deal with the Panthers. They wrote a rather scathing take on the subject in today’s edition:  ...

Peppers Talking Staying with the Panthers Long Term
panthersgab.com 6/27/2009 — The Panthers got some good news this week when franchise player Julius Peppers signed his franchise tender, keeping him in Carolina for at least one more season. Peppers will be a very rich man this year, as by signing the tender he can make up to $19.183 million this season. Now though ...

Julius Peppers signs tenders
eatdrinkandsleepfootball.com 6/25/2009 — Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers didn't really want to be in Carolina in 2009. Yet after skipping off-season workouts and mini-camps, Peppers signed his franchise tender today. "I have signed the franchise tender and am now under a one-year contract with the Carolina Panthers. ...

Is Peppers Return to Panthers His Worst Case Scenario?
catscratchreader.com 6/30/2009 — With the rumor that the Panthers are working on a long-term deal with DE Julius Peppers I can’t help but wonder why did we have to take such an exhaustive path just to get to the same place we were a year ago? It was this time last year that Peppers rejected a long-term deal from the ...

Peppers & Carolina don’t come to agreement
the5thcorner.com 7/16/2009 — As Major League Baseball takes center as the only major sport (of course there is soccer (both men’s and women’s) and the WNBA) some news comes out from the National Football League. One of those tidbits, which comes from the AP through Philly.com, is about an ex Tar Heel, Julius ...

Statement from Julius Peppers
blogs.charlotte.com 6/24/2009 — Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers released this statement today after signing a one-year contract tender with the team worth $16.683 million in guaranteed base salary and up to $2.5 million more in incentives: "I have signed the franchise tender ...

Is Josh Freeman The Buccaneers' Next Good Man? — Bleacher Report - NFL 7/1/2009
The rookies of the National Football League have been spending the past few days in West Palm Beach. The NFL calls it the "rookie symposium." The purpose, in the simplest of terms, is to try and help these newcomers avoid trouble. It is a ...

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Sizing Up the Quarterbacks — Bleacher Report - NFL 7/1/2009
There's still a quarterback battle raging at One Buccaneer Place. With a new dawn and direction manifesting in Tampa Bay, it's no surprise that the Buccaneers are still experimenting and weighing their options in regards to the most important man on ...

Ravens LB Terrell Suggs Getting Closer to a Long-Term Deal — Bleacher Report - NFL 7/2/2009
A recent story in the Baltimore Sun reported that Ravens Pro Bowl linebacker Terrell Suggs said he is nearing a long-term deal with the team. “We are close to an agreement. We just have a few little things to work out,” Suggs told the ...

The 5 Second NFL Career — Bleacher Report - NFL 7/2/2009
Reading the " The 10 Best and Worst One-Game Careers in NFL History " by Ryan Winn reminded me of what may be the shortest one-game career in NFL History. On November 30, 1998, Ryan Sutter was activated from the Carolina Panther's practice squad ...

NFC South Predictions 2009 — Bleacher Report - NFL 7/2/2009
Will the 43 year drought end this season? I say maybe. The Falcons have a very good Offense that just got better with the addition of future HOF TE Tony Gonzalez, I fully expect Turner and Ryan to continue on last years success and for the Falcons ...